Sleigh attachment for perambulators.



A. J. INGERSOLL.

SLEIGH ATTACHMENT FOR PERAMBULATORS.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 13. 1915.

1,153,924, PatentedSept. 21, 1915.

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Wikuuoao ADELBERT J. INGERSOLL, 0F NILES CENTER, ILLINOIS.

SLEIGH ATTACHMENT FOR PERAMBULATORS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 21, 1915.

Application filed March 13, 1915. Serial No. 14,174.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ADELBERT J. TNGER- son, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Niles Center, in the county of Cook and State ofIllinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in SleighAttachments for Perambulators, of which the following is aspecification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

My present invention relates to new and useful improvements in sleds orsleighs and as its principal object aims to construct a sled which maybe readily attached to any standard type of four-wheeled perambulator.

A further and more specific object of my invention is to construct asled in which the runners are accompanied by an attaching frame, adaptedto be moved by a hand lever for lowering the sled runners intoengagement With the ground or elevating them to a position above thetread of the perambulator wheels so that the vehicle may be utilized inthe ordinary manner.

The above and other incidental objects of a similar nature which will behereinafter more specifically treated, are accomplished by such means asare illustrated in the accompanying drawings, described in the followingspecification and then more particularly pointed out in the claim whichis ap pended hereto and forms a part of this application. I

With reference to the drawings, wherein there has been illustrated thepreferred embodiment of this invention, as it is reduced to practice,and throughout the several views of which similar reference numeralsdesignate corresponding parts, Figure 1 is a side elevation showing thesled attachment applied to the body supporting frame of a perambulator.Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the sled removed from the perambulator.Fig. 3 is a transverse section taken through the sled, as disclosed inFig. 1, and looking toward the forward end of the vehicle; and Fig. 4:is a detail perspective view illustrating particularly the manner inwhich the crank axles of the runners are connected to the perambulatorframe.

As embodied in the accompanying drawings and as best shown as anentirety in Figs. 1 and 2 thereof, the sled includes a pair of parallelrunners 10 and 11. These the end members of which are runners areterminally bowed, as at 12 and are equipped at each end with an axlereceiv ing bracket 13. Each bracket member is formed from a single stripof metal which is bent at its approximate central point to form abearing sleeve 14-. The arms 15 produced by the bending of the metalstrip during the formation of the sleeve, are connected to each other,immediately adjacent to the sleeve by rivets or equivalent fasteningdevices 16. The arms are then directed outwardly and are terminallysecured by rivets or equivalent fastening devices to the runners. Ineach bracket is journaled the bight portion of a substantially U-shapedaxle, as indicated at 17, 18, 19 and 20. The adjacent horizontal arms ofthe axles 17 and 18 are received within a connecting sleeve or tube 21and are secured therein by cotter pins 22. The cotter pins 22 areinsertible in any one of a number of receiving bores or apertures formedin the axle arms so that the bight or crank portions of the axles may bespaced the desired distance from each other to accommodate the sled toperambulators having varying treads. The adjacent horizontal arms of theaxles 19 and 20 are connected by a sleeve 23 and cotter pins 24: in thesame manner above de scribed in connection with the axles 17 and 18. Theouter horizontal arm of each of the axles 17, 18, 19 and 20 is journaledin a bracket 25. These brackets 25 are similar to the bracketspreviously described but are inverted so that their arms may be attachedto the longitudinal frame bars 26 and 27.

Between the members 25 and the longitudinal frame members 26 and 27 areinterposed the horizontally disposed attaching plates 28. These members28 extend beyond the inner edge of the longitudinal frame bars aconsiderable distance so that they may be provided with apertures 29,through which attaching bolts may be passed to secure the longitudinalframe members to the body of the perambulator. The diagonally opposedcrank members 17 and 19 are operatively connected by an extensible barwhich consists of two sections 30 and 31. These two sections 30 and 31are each provided with a longitudinal series of uniformly spacedapertures which are adapted to register when the terminals of themembers 30 and 31 are overlapped. The two members 30 and 31 are, ofcourse, connected by bolts 32. Obviously the connecting to the distancebetween the cranks of the bar, constituted by the two sections 30 and 31may be elongated or contracted at will, by removing the bolts andsliding the over lapping terminals to the desired position. The forwardterminal of the member 30 is bent at an obtuse angle so that it willextend in a plane parallel to the plane of the adjacent runner. Anaperture 33 is formed in the terminal of the member 30 to receive thebight or horizontal portion of the axle crank indicated at 17. The rearterminal of the member 31 is obtusely bent as at '34 and is connectedb'y a rivet or equivalent fastening device to the longitudinallyextending portion .36 of an L-shaped bracket, one terminal oftwhich issecured to the adjusting bar 37 and the other terminal of which isapertured to receive the crank or bight portion 38 of the axle 19.

The adjusting bar 37 is of a length equal axles 18 and 19 and freelyconnects these members, as shown in Fig. 1. The front end of theadjusting rod is accompanied by an L-shaped bracket 38, the forward endof which freely receives the crank and is dis posed on the opposite sideof the bracket from the adjusting rod. A controlling lever 39 islongitudinally slotted, as at 40 and receives therein a bolt or stud 41,by

which it is pivotally connected to the longitudinal frame member 26, atthe approximate center thereof. The lower terminal of the controllinglever is inwardly offset, as indicated at 42 and is pivotally connectedby a pin 43 to the adjusting bar at the ap proximate center thereof. Asegmental clutch plate i4 rises from the frame bar 26 and is providedwith lateral jaws 45, by means of which the lever may be held inadjusted position. A V-shaped guard 46 is carried by the clutch plate toprevent any undue lateral movement of the lever.

From the foregoing description the manner in which the sled is adaptedto be attached to a perambulator will now be apparent. It will be seenthat by passing bolts 46 through the plates 28, the brackets 25 andconsequently the axles and runners may be attached as a unit to theperambulator frame 47. It is now to be observed that by constructing thecrank axles in two sections which are adjustably connected by the Copiesof this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing theWashington, D. 0.

sleeves 21 and 23 and by forming the connecting bar in two sectionswhich are adjustably connected, it is possible to space the runners anydesired distance. Thus the sled may beaccommodated to perambulators ofvarying wheel tread.

As regards the use of the sled, when it is attached to a perambulator,it is to be observed that the controlling lever may be swung to eitherlift the runners out of engagement with the ground, as in Fig. 1, topermit the perambulator to be wheeled in the usual manner, or to projectthe runners to a position below the tread of the wheels, so that theperambulator may be supported on the runners.

In reduction to practice, it has been found that the form of thisinvention illustrated in the drawings and referred to in the abovedescription as the preferred embodiment, is the most eflicient andpractical; yet realizing that the conditions concurrent with theadoption of this device will necessarily vary, it is desirable toemphasize the fact that various minor changes in details of conasdefined in the append- I at each terminal of each runner, said crankaxl'es being swingingly connected to the vehicle body, sleeve membersslidably receiving the adjacent portions of theradjacent crank axlesofthe two runners, means for securing the crank axles in adjustedposition within the sleeves, whereby the runners may. be secured inadjusted, transversely spaced relation to eachother, and a lineallyadjustable member secured at its forward end to the front crank axle ofone runner and at its rear end to the rear crank axle of the otherrunner.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my signature in the presence oftwo witnesses.

ADELBERT J. INGERSOLL.

Witnesses:

HENRY A. REMKE, ADOLPH H. HoNEMANN.

Commissioner of Patents,

